* LOCATION...AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE UNTIL EARLY EVENING...WITH IMPACTS PRIMARILY CONFINED TO THE WEST HILLS AND EAST METRO AREA.

* TEMPERATURES...SLOWLY RISING ABOVE FREEZING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AREAS NEAR TROUTDALE AND THE WEST HILLS MAY CONTINUE TO SEE SOME LIGHT ICING INTO THIS EVENING.

* AMOUNTS...UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION WHERE TEMPERATURES REMAIN BELOW FREEZING.

* IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE HAVE MADE MANY ROADS...SIDEWALKS...AND BIKE PATHS IN THE PORTLAND AND VANCOUVER METRO AREA SLICK. AS TEMPERATURES SLOWLY WARM...IMPACTS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY CONFINED TO THE WEST HILLS AND AREAS NEAR THE COLUMBIA GORGE. TRAVEL ON UNTREATED ROADS WILL CONTINUE TO BE DIFFICULT IN THESE AREAS INTO THIS EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN ORFREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FORSLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL IS DIFFICULT AS ROADS HAVE BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY. ICY ROADS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE IN SOME VALLEYS BELOW SNOW LEVEL DUE TO FREEZING RAIN THAT HAS ALREADY OCCURRED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOWWILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOWCOVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILEDRIVING.

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Providing "weather, water cycle, and climate forecasts and warnings for the United States, its territories, adjacent waters and ocean areas, for the protection of life and property and the enhancement of the national economy."